Boilers are essential vessels that have numerous industrial and residential purposes. Their main purpose is to produce steam. For boilers to produce steam, they first need feedwater. Boiler feed pumps ...

In a typical steam power plant, the boiler feedwater (BFW) pump takes suction from the deaerator (DA) and discharges high-pressure water to the boiler through the feedwater heaters. During normal ...

Times have changed. Not long ago, baseload units came online and went straight to full load for days on end. Now, those same units are being asked to cycle operations to accommodate for variable ...

Boiler feed pumps (BFPs) play a major role in the capacity and heat rate of a power-generating unit. As such, they merit routine performance testing to assess their condition and trend deficiencies to ...

Correctly executed impeller vane tipping is critical to boiler feedwater pump performance and reliability, and to avoid problems, pump buyers and users should be aware of this subtle pump quality ...

The 4300 Series stainless steel condensate and boiler feed pumps are available in simplex or duplex construction. The heavy-duty, ball-bearing, close-coupled 3,450-rpm motor has a stainless steel ...

It is not yet known when commissioning tests will resume at the Olkiluoto 3 EPR in Finland as investigations into the cause of damage in the feedwater pumps continue, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj has said.

Cracks of a few centimetres have been identified in all four of the feedwater pumps of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR in Finland. Operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj said it does not yet know the impact this will ...